[pjc50]

It requires more wealth, and it's a lot harder to do if you're a US national with their unique global income tax rule, but people absolutely do split their lives for tax purposes. It usually requires dividing your time among at least three different countries, but one of them is usually a nice warm island. e.g. http://expatandoffshore.com/blog/top-ten-tax-exiles

> In a highly interesting manoeuvre, Sir Philip [Green] manages his various businesses through a holding company - Taveta Investments. This is registered in the name of his wife Christina, a South African who resides in Monaco. The family and company thus manage to avoid tens of millions in tax.